Rick Kornfeld - Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, NextWave Rick Kornfeld serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for NextWave Wireless and NextWave Broadband. In this role, Mr. Kornfeld is responsible for mergers, acquisitions, and investments. In this capacity, he plays a leading role in developing the company's strategy. Mr. Kornfeld has earned distinction in the wireless industry for his many innovations in the field of wireless voice and data communications. He has published numerous papers and is a named inventor on 17 patents. Most recently, Mr. Kornfeld was the CEO of Staccato Communications, Inc. Prior to this, Mr. Kornfeld was the Vice President and General Manager of Texas Instruments' Wireless Center responsible for the Wireless Chipset Business. He joined Texas Instruments through the acquisition of Dot Wireless, Inc., which he co-founded and served as the Chairman, CEO and President. Prior to founding Dot Wireless, Mr. Kornfeld was a founding member of NextWave Telecom, Inc., where he was the Senior Vice President a4nd General Manager of the Consumer Products division. Prior to NextWave, Mr. Kornfeld was Vice President of Engineering at QUALCOMM, Inc. Prior to QUALCOMM, Mr. Kornfeld held various technical positions at M/A-Com Linkabit. Mr. Kornfeld is a graduate from the School of Engineering, University of California, where he was also named the Alumni of the Year in 2001. He serves on the Council of Advisors of UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering and on the Board of the CommNexus San Diego. He also serves as a director and/or advisor to several private companies in San Diego, including SKY MobileMedia.